Vicente Vento

Founder & CEO, Managing Partner

Vicente Vento has over 20 years of experience as an investor, advisor, and senior executive in the telecommunications infrastructure and technology sectors. Vicente is behind DTCP's investment strategies, overseeing capital deployment and portfolio development. Over the course of his career, he has deployed over $3 billion in invested capital and executed more than $100 billion in announced M&A transactions.  

As the Founder and CEO of DTCP, Vicente leads the firm and serves as a Managing Partner. He is a member of the DTCP Infra and DTCP Growth investment committees. Vicente currently serves on the boards of Cellnex Netherlands, Open Dutch Fiber, Community Fibre Ltd., and maincubes. His previous board roles include positions at Scout24 (G24.DE), Ströer Media AG (SAX.DE), Cellnex Switzerland, Strato AG, Nexmo, Keepler, and Cellwize.  

Prior to founding DTCP, Vicente was the Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and a Senior Vice President at Deutsche Telekom from 2010 to 2015. During his tenure, he executed transactions such as the merger of TMUS with MetroPCS, the TMUS/ATT break-up fee, the sale of c. 7,000 TMUS towers to Crown Castle, the sale of EE to BT, the buyout and IPO of Scout24, the sale of T-Online to Ströer Media AG, amongst others.

Earlier in his career, Vicente held advisory and asset management roles at Morgan Stanley, Blackstone, and Royal Capital Management, a New York-based hedge fund. Infrastructure and technology have been consistent focal points throughout his professional journey.  

Vicente holds a degree in business administration and MBA (Lic&MBA) from ESADE Business School.

Philipp von Bismarck

Managing Partner

Philipp von Bismarck is Managing Partner at DTCP and a member of the investment committee of DTCP Infra.

He brings more than 20 years of experience as a transactions lawyer and has been deeply involved in digital infrastructure transactions for more than a decade. In this role he has closely accompanied DTCP since its inception and was instrumental in structuring, negotiating, executing and implementing all of its infrastructure related deals.

Prior to joining DTCP, he was Founding Partner of M&A-focused boutique law firm Wendelstein, where he co-led the M&A department. Before that, he held positions at Hengeler Mueller in Frankfurt and Munich and at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York. He currently serves as non-executive Chairman of the Supervisory Board of United Internet AG, a publicly listed telecommunications and internet service provider group.

Philipp studied Law at Ludwig-Maximilans-University of Munich and holds a law degree from the state of Bavaria and a second law degree from the states of Hamburg, Bremen and Schleswig Holstein.

Waldemar Maurer

Partner

Waldemar is a Partner at DTCP Infra.

With over 15 years of experience in private equity and investment banking, Waldemar specializes in TMT investments, particularly focusing on data centers and cell towers. Waldemar serves as a member of the Investment Committee at DTCP Infra and holds board positions at Cellnex Netherlands, Keepler, maincubes, Fiber Experts, and GreenScale. His past board roles include positions at Cellnex Switzerland and Cellwize.

Before joining DTCP, Waldemar served as an Investment Banker at both Lazard and Nomura. His expertise includes executing M&A and capital markets transactions spanning various industries, with a particular focus on TMT and leveraged finance.

Waldemar holds a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD, Singapore/France, and a Bachelor of Science from EBS University for Business and Law, Germany.

Zahl Limbuwala

Operating Partner

With over 30 years of experience in data centers, Zahl supports DTCP Infra's data center strategy and portfolio companies to scale and accelerate their growth. 

He is Chairman of the Board of maincubes secure data centers and Greenscale data centers. Most recently, he served as Chief Operating Officer at AtlasEdge. 

Before AtlasEdge, Zahl had a long and esteemed career as founder and CEO of Romonet, a leading software business, founded in 2009 and acquired by CBRE in 2018. At CBRE he led strategy and was part of the senior leadership team for Data Center Solutions division, the world's largest supplier of outsourcing for data centers. 

He also served at BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT for more than 8 years, where he founded and chaired the committee for the Data Center Specialist Group which co-developed the EU code of conduct for data centers, which later became the basis for a number of data center related ISO standards. 

Zahl enjoys widespread international recognition within the data center community.

Stephan Grillmaier

Head of Capital Formation Real Assets

Stephan is the Head of Capital Formation Real Assets at DTCP.

Before joining DTCP, Stephan was the Head of Investor Relations at Arcus Infrastructure Partners, where he led the firm’s fundraising and co-investment efforts. During his tenure at Arcus (2016-2024), the firm successfully closed two funds with total commitments of EUR 1.21 billion (2020) and EUR 1.61 billion (2024).

Prior to Arcus, Stephan was a Partner at Aerius Associates and MVision Private Equity Advisers in London, managing several global fundraisings and maintaining relationships with limited partners across the EMEA region, the US, and Asia/Pacific. Previously, he was a Director at Swiss Re Private Equity Partners in Zurich, Switzerland, leading the team’s fund and secondary investment opportunities in Europe, and overseeing several investments in the Asia/Pacific region. Stephan also served as a Senior Investment Professional at VCM Capital Management in Munich, Germany.

Stephan holds a BA in International Relations from Webster University in St. Louis, MO, and an M.Litt in Management, Economics, and Politics from the University of St. Andrews. Additionally, he completed the Advanced Management Programme at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.

Christoph Steffens

Operating Partner

Christoph is Operating Partner Value Creation & Scaling at DTCP’s Infrastructure Team.

His mission is to help DTCP’s portfolio companies in scaling their businesses from company and organization set-up and development, implementation of reporting, ERP and HR-systems & processes to finance raising and more specific topics in the areas of finance, HR, IT, and operational excellence.

Christoph has more than 25 years of experience in management positions in finance, operations, IT and HR in the TMT sector.

Prior to joining DTCP, he was CFO of STRATO and Managing Director of IONOS companies in the US and UK. He also worked as Managing Director and Director IT for mobilCom/freenet, Manager in the Corporate Finance Practice of PwC as well as in Business Development Asia/Pacific for Deutsche Telekom.

Christoph holds a degree in Economics of Technical University Berlin.

Aldo Cardoso

Managing Director

Aldo is a Managing Director at DTCP Infra

He brings more than 13 years of experience as investment banker in London covering Telecommunication clients across Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Prior to joining DTCP, Aldo served as director in the Telecommunications Investment Banking team at Citi EMEA, where he focused on Digital Infrastructure. During his time at Citi, Aldo supported numerous Telco companies on the monetization of their digital assets and advised institutional investors on mergers, acquisitions and divestments of digital infrastructure businesses. He brings a profound knowledge of the TMT sector in crucial target markets to DTCP.

Aldo is a CFA charterholder, has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Masters in Finance from London Business School. Aldo studied industrial engineering and graduated with honours from the Catholic University of Peru.

Anselm Maur

Managing Director

Anselm is Managing Director at DTCP Infra.

He has been involved in the investments into Cellwize, Community Fibre and Open Dutch Fiber.

Prior to joining DTCP in 2017, Anselm worked as an investment banker at Barclays in Frankfurt. He has more than seven years of experience in private equity and investment banking.

Anselm holds a Master of Science in Accounting and Finance from London School of Economics. He received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Cooperative State University Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Bart de Jong

Managing Director

Bart is Managing Director at DTCP Infra.

Prior to joining DTCP he worked at OMERS Infrastructure and PGGM infrastructure (two of the largest global pension funds), with a strong focus on investments in digital infrastructure. During this time, he amongst others, led the investment in the joint-venture with ATC Europe and subsequent market entry in France, and sold the 2nd largest fibre network operator in the Netherlands to Delta / EQT. He also served on the board of telecommunication tower companies in Europe and Australia.

Earlier in his career, he held positions at the investment bank divisions of BNP Paribas and ING Bank. Bart holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands and is a CFA® charter holder.

Iryna Doroshenko

Director Fund Management

Iryna is Director Fund Management for DTCP’s infrastructure investment funds.

She supports the deal team in executing transactions and coordinates various service providers at the fund level. Iryna oversees aspects of the investment vehicle, including quarterly and annual net asset value calculations, and ensures a streamlined reporting process tailored to meet the needs of limited partners.

Prior to DTCP, she started her career in auditing at Deloitte, and held controlling positions in real estate and private equity funds in Luxembourg.

Iryna holds a master’s degree in economics from the Central European University.

Tim Hofmann

Principal

Tim is Principal at DTCP Infra.

Tim serves as a board member at Keepler and maincubes and has been involved in the Swiss Towers and the Cellnex NL transactions.

‍Prior to joining DTCP in 2017, Tim worked in the M&A and corporate finance team of Greenhill & Co. and Commerzbank, respectively. Tim holds a Master of Science in Finance and Private Equity from London School of Economics. He received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.

Amber Reid

Associate

Amber is Associate at DTCP in the Infra team.

Prior to DTCP, she has worked at Digital 9 plc, primarily managing Verne Global, a Nordic data centre platform, and Elio Networks, an Irish FWA provider. Before her time at D9, Amber worked in the Deal Advisory team at Mazars LLP, where she completed her ACA.

Arvind Vurakaranam

Associate

Arvind is an Associate at DTCP Infra.

Prior to joining DTCP, Arvind worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, first as an Analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions team in New York, and subsequently as an Associate in the Technology, Media & Telecoms team in London.

Arvind holds a B.Sc. in Finance from the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University.

Jessica Boyens

Associate

Jessica is an Associate at DTCP Infra.

Prior to joining DTCP, Jessica worked at CapVest Partners, focusing on leveraged buy-out investments in the healthcare, consumer and business services sectors. Jessica started her career with the Consumer Products & Retail team at UBS where she was involved in the execution of multiple transactions.

She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Service Management from Copenhagen Business School.

Julius Carle

Associate

Julius is Associate at DTCP Infra.

Prior to joining DTCP, he gained experience at Lazard's investment banking team and Deutsche Telekom’s M&A team.

Julius holds a B.Sc and M.Sc in International Finance from the International School of Finance at HfWU and a M.Sc in Financial Analysis and Fund Management from the University of Exeter.

Michał Filipczak

Associate

Michal is Associate at DTCP Infra.

Before joining DTCP, Michał worked as an investment banker in Credit Suisse’s TMT group in London and private equity analyst at Avia Capital in Warsaw. In his spare time, Michał enjoys kitesurfing, travelling and cycling.

Michał holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Finance and Accounting from Warsaw School of Economics.

Laura Heitmann

Associate

Laura is Associate at DTCP Infra.

Prior to joining DTCP, she worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in the Consumer and Healthcare team, followed by the Emerging Market Equities team, in London. Laura has a Law and Business degree from the University of Warwick.

Melanie Böttcher

Senior Manager Capital Formation Real Assets

Melanie is Senior Manager Capital Formation Real Assets at DTCP.

Melanie started her career in an advisory firm focused on Investor Relations and Financial Communications, where she did several IPOs and bond emissions. Prior to joining DTCP, she worked in Investor Relations for the publicly listed ISRA VISION AG and successfully worked on the takeover and squeeze-out by Atlas Copco SE.

Melanie completed her banking apprenticeship and holds a bachelor's degree in Communications and Management from the Macromedia University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg.

Yulha Koo

Analyst

Yulha is an Analyst at DTCP Infra.

Prior to joining DTCP, Yulha worked as an investment banker at Macquarie Capital's M&A team where she was involved in the execution of multiple TMT transactions.

Yulha holds a BSc in Mathematics from University of Manchester.